I am a second-generation Mexican-American who was born and raised in Brownsville, Texas, located at the southernmost point of the Texas-Mexico border. This region, commonly known as the Rio Grande Valley, remains a unique place for its fusion of Mexican and American cultures. The result of my lived experience has mirrored my engagement with traditional rendering, and my challenge with contemporary drawing and painting.
My artistic endeavors typically use the human form as a vessel to speak on socio-political concerns that are most important to me. Many of my subjects are either compositionally divided or include a mixture of representational, abstract, and multi-media approaches, all of which act as a metaphor for my own upbringing along the United States-Mexico border.
As I now contextualize my life on the southern Arizona border, I seek to gain a better understanding of my ethnic background while framing ideas on place, identity, assimilation, immigration, and cultural misconceptions.